Gary Feinerman Appointed to Federal District Court

On Ferbuary 25, President Obama appointed Yale '87 classmate Gary Feinerman to serve as a District Court judge in the Norther District of Illinois. When confirmed, Gary will join fellow classmate Bob Dow on the Court.

Here is how the White House summarized Gary's career thus far:

Gary Scott Feinerman: Nominee for the United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois Gary Scott Feinerman is a partner in the Chicago office of Sidley Austin LLP, where he practices in the general litigation and appellate practice groups. He received his B.A., summa cum laude¸ from Yale College in 1987 and his J.D. from Stanford, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and the Law Review, in 1991. After law school, Feinerman clerked for Judge Joel M. Flaum of the Seventh Circuit and for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the Supreme Court of the United States. After his clerkships, Feinerman worked in the Justice Department’s Office of Policy Development (now known as the Office of Legal Policy). From 2003- 2007, Feinerman served as Solicitor General of Illinois, where he received Best Brief Awards from the National Association of Attorneys General in each year from 2004-2007.

Good luck with confirmation!